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Research papers: Full-length research papers that have not been published previously.
Review paper: In areas of topical interest, normally focusing on literature published over the last ten years.
Case studies: Theories or concepts applied in real-world situations, providing practical insights and examples.
Short communications: Research work that may be of a preliminary nature but which merits immediate publication.
Informative Articles: Related to the latest advancements and/or policies in a specific area/field.
Thesis / Dissertation Chapters: Self-contained chapter/topic/section from UG (undergraduate) project; PG (postgraduate) and PhD thesis/dissertation/research work/project; patents; and research/commercial project.
Language
The journal’s language is English (British or American). Author(s) to ensure the usage of one style consistently.
Manuscript Writing and Formatting
File Format: Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) with A4 size and portrait orientation.
General: The manuscript must be typewritten with a font Times New Roman of 10 pt in single space. There is no strict limitation on the length of the submitted manuscript. The manuscript is desired to include sections in the order: title, author(s) information, abstract & keywords, main text (detailed description, such as introduction, materials & methods, results & discussion, conclusion), acknowledgements (if any), declarations, and finally references.
Title: Concise and Informative in Title Case (font size 16 in bold), within 15 words and in not exceeding two lines.
Authors: Full name of all authors (font size 12) along with their affiliations and complete addresses (font size 10). Contact information for the corresponding author, complete mailing address and e-mail address.
Abstract: Not exceeding 250 words. The abstract should contain hard facts such as objectives, methods, and major findings.
Keywords: 4 to 6 keywords that can be used as an index.
Main Text: Times New Roman with font size 10. Detailed description that should include sections/main headings such as introduction, materials & methods, results & discussion, and conclusions. The sections/main headings may include sub-sections/sub-headings. MAIN HEADING should be typed in BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS. The Sub-heading 1 in Bold Title Case, and the sub-heading 2 (part of a Sub-heading) in Sentence case in italics.
Figures: All photographs, graphs and diagrams should be referred as a ‘Fig. 1: ….’, and should be numbered consecutively (1, 2, 3, ….). The caption should be centrally aligned and in Sentence case with font size 9.
Tables: All tables should be numbered consecutively (1, 2, ….). The caption should be centrally aligned and in Sentence case with font size 9. The content in the table may have a font size of 8, 9, or 10. The same data should not be presented simultaneously in tables and figures.
Acknowledgements
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The authors MUST add the following three declarations before the reference list:
Grant Support Details
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Conflict of Interest
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Life Science Reporting
If YES: Please clearly report any involvement of hazards, human or animal subjects, patient images, case details, and other materials and information. The experiments should be performed in compliance with laws and relevant institutional guidelines, with prior approval from the ethics committee and consent to release personal information for experiments with human subjects.
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REFERENCES
All publications cited in the text should be presented in the list of references following the text of the manuscript.
The Harvard style of referencing is to be followed (both for In-text citations and in the list of references)
In-text citations:
In the text, citations should follow the name-year system, that is, authors’ surname (without initials), and year of publication. Use a comma between the author and the year. Use semi-colons between citations.
Examples for single authors: (Smith, 2019) or (Smith, 2019; Wright, 2020) or Smith (2019). For two authors: (Smith and Wright, 2021; Kumar and Pal, 2022) or Kumar and Pal (2022).
For three or more authors, use the first author followed by “et al.,” in the last: (Wood et al., 2019) or Wood et al. (2019).
In the list of references:
All the references should be arranged alphabetically by authors’ name in the list of references at the end of the paper using the following style:
Journal Articles:
Author(s) (Year) ‘Article title’, Journal title, Volume (issue number), Page numbers or Article number.
Pal, M. (2024) ‘Deep learning algorithms for hyperspectral remote sensing classifications: an applied review’, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 45(2), pp. 451-491.
Al-Barakati, A. and Rani, P. (2023) ‘Assessment of healthcare waste treatment methods using an interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy double normalization-based multiple aggregation approach’, Environment, Development and Sustainability, 26(8), pp. 19397-19424.
Hu, X., Liu, W. and Huo, H. (2024) ‘An intelligent network traffic prediction method based on Butterworth filter and CNN–LSTM’, Computer Networks, 240, 110172.
Conference Articles:
Author(s) (Year) ‘Article title’, Conference name. Place of conference, Page numbers.
Chen, T. and Guestrin, C. (2016) ‘XGBoost: a scalable tree boosting system’. Proceedings of the 22nd ACM SIGKDD international conference on knowledge discovery and data mining. San Francisco, USA, pp. 785-794.
Books:
Author(s) (Year) Book title. Book edition. Place of publication: Publisher name.
Vovk, V., Gammerman, A. and Shafer, G. (2005) Algorithmic learning in a random world. 1st ed. New York: Springer.
Chapter in Book:
Author(s) of the chapter (Year), ‘Title of the chapter’. In: Title of the book; Author(s) or Editor(s). Place of publication: Publisher name.
Sangwan, V., Khan, N.A., Kowalczyk-Jusko, A., Kumar, S., Shivani, S. and Deswal, S. (2024) ‘Comparison of approaches to agricultural waste management: an example of two Eurasian countries with positive development dynamics’. In: Advances in energy from waste: transformation methods, applications and limitations under sustainability; Vambole, V., et al. UK: Woodhead Publishing.
Report:
Organization(s) (Year) Title of the report. Report number (if any), Publisher name or sponsoring organization, place of publication. Available at: Website link (Accessed: day month year)
WHO (2018) Burden of disease from environmental noise: Quantification of healthy life years lost in Europe. World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark. Available at: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/326424 (Accessed: 12 Mar 2025)
WEF (2024) Global risks report 2024. World Economic Forum. Available at: https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-risks-report-2024/digest/ (Accessed: 7 Feb 2025)
Web Page:
Author(s) or Organization(s) (Year of publication or access) Title of the article or page. Website or Publisher name. Available at: Website link (Accessed: day month year)
GHGP (2011) Product life cycle accounting and reporting standard. The Greenhouse Gas Protocol. Available at: https://ghgprotocol.org/product-standard (Accessed: 3 Feb 2025)
Statista (2024) Number of vehicles in operation across India from financial year 1951 to 2020. Statista. Available at: https://www.statista.com/statistics/664729/total-number-of-vehicles-india/ (Accessed: 4 Mar 2024)
Legal (Court) Case:
Case Title (year) Case number.
S. Jagannath v. Union of India (1997) AIR 1997 SC 811.
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